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"Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail."   —  Ralph Waldo Emerson It's over. My mind is disjointed in a multitude of ways. Initially, the feeling was: to what end did I pursue this endeavor? I worked so hard, built this team and product, so why did I "give up" so quickly? I feel relieved, yet wistful, with a tinge of sadness. The sentiment fits in somewhere between a breakup and a graduation, both with a journey and the anticipation for something more. Yet, that "expected thing" never materialized, but a warm and fuzzy feeling of understanding and gratitude became the takeaway from this grand adventure. Invisible reader, what would you rather do: carry on with an endeavor you've strived so hard to create and grow even though progress has been halted, or devote your resources elsewhere so that you can start anew? In the startup world, the denizens hail the ideology of "fail fast," so that o...

This weekend, I embarked on a new adventure. I tried online dating for the first time! More specifically, since I was inspired by my mentor's story of how she met her husband on eHarmony, I decided to give it a try. I wasn't fishing around for a husband, but I wanted to at least make new friendships that could potentially turn into relationships. On a dark, Thursday evening at my air-conditioned home, I impulsively thought, "Hey, I should try eHarmony! I might meet someone!" After I signed up with my name and other personal, non-financial information, eHarmony directed me to a personality test. I don't remember all the details, but from what I did remember, I had to answer a 20-minute survey consisting of a four-choice Likert scale. There were questions about my tendencies, including extroversion, agreeableness, and some other factors. I had to choose between the range of "strongly agree" and "strongly disagree." Then, there were some p...